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Let’s talk tactics
Part 36 of the rules covering offers to settle litigation will change next month. From 6 April you will no longer be obliged to tie up a chunk of cash for months on end
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NewsGleeson Building makes it into the black
Eighteen months after its management buyout, Gleeson Building is about to declare an increased profit
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NewsShuttleworth given crucial schools role
Cabe asks architect to recruit 30-strong panel to ratchet up standards
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Ikea’s flatpack homes to go ahead despite Cabe hostility
Gateshead scheme wins planning approval regardless of watchdog’s ‘significant reservations’
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CommentIt’s quiet – but is it too quiet?
It’s odd, says Steven Williams, but even though PFI schemes are invariably complicated and expensive, few seem to end up in court. So why is that? And how long will it last?
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Rogers pulls out of Olympic velopark
Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has pulled out of the race to design the Olympic velopark and has ruled out involvement in any other large venues for the 2012 Games.
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Key staff leave Treasury PFI unit
Three important members of staff will leave the Treasury’s private finance unit in the next two months, fuelling fears that the team behind PFI policy will lose its most talented members.
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NewsIkea’s flatpack homes to go ahead despite Cabe hostility
Gateshead scheme wins planning approval regardless of watchdog’s ‘significant reservations’
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FeaturesHonest John
John Callcutt’s housebuilding review is likely to be as candid as the man himself
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FeaturesHelp me, Rhondda
When Nightingale Associates was appointed to design the £22m Rhondda Valley hospital in South Wales, a 108-bed facility due for completion in April 2008, it wasn’t aware that it was going to end up installing the largest biomass boiler the NHS has seen.
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FeaturesSafe and sound
Healthcare and education Good design in schools entails reconciling security with the needs of investors looking to maximise the use of premises.
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FeaturesLighting rafts
SAS International has announced that its System 600 acoustic lighting rafts are now available as a range of standardised designs.
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FeaturesFood and formica
Formica high-pressure laminate was used to create colourful screen-printed walls for a cafeteria at Acland Burghley School in north London.
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FeaturesHospital hand units
Hospital bedhead services specialist Static Systems has brought out a range of patient hand units suitable for those with disabilities.
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Acoustic flooring
Commercial flooring specialist Polyflor has launched an acoustic flooring system.
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Plumbing system extended
Durapipe has extended its Wefatherm PP-R socket fusion plumbing system.
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Repair mortars
Instarmac has launched a floor levelling, smoothing and repair mortar called Ultra IT. It includes two repair mortars and three smoothing levellers.
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Waymarking system
Zumtobel Lighting has launched an LED-powered waymarking system suitable for providing visual guidance in a range of environments including hospitals and care homes.
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FeaturesWall-hung boilers
Boiler maker Buderus has launched a range of wall-hung gas-condensing boilers called GB162 that are suitable for commercial applications including schools, offices and hotels.
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FeaturesWhat to wear on your walls
Back in the 1930s, plasterboard was a revolutionary material and, according to British Gypsum’s Paul Campbell, it still is.